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Guys,

I have a canon pixma M6000 printer and was wondering whats the closest I can get to photo quality printer paper?

I need to print off a few photos of our wedding to stick in some albums for our mums and I am weighing up if its worth it to print them myself or just stick the images on a card and take them to asda etc to get them to print them for me.

Cheers
 
If you have PS software (eg CS3) and are willing to spend the time then home printing is VERY satisfying IMHO. None of the grief you can
get with "other" people doing it for you. I've had recourse to use Tesco and ASDA before now, and have not been impressed with either.

There are some very good papers around. I always use Canon paper, Photo Glossy or Photo Glossy Plus (Photo Matte now and then). I get it from 7dayshop (and the ink too) as that is one of the cheapest ways of getting the materials. Still it's not cheap. Excluding time you can be looking at 70p-£1.00 ish for an A4 print, depending on ink used and paper type

It takes a little while to get the printer to marry up with the screen, but when you've done that you can rely on what you see is what you get (I always let photoshop do the colours and not the printer).
 
you canrt beat the satisfaction of home printing


but the value of asda etc is quite good - but is the quality up to home printing standards - thats what you have to ponder
 
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Joe©;743514 said:
you canrt beat the satisfaction of home printing


but the value of asda etc is quite good - but is the quality up to home printing standards - thats what you have to ponder
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thats what i am thinking, and the last paper i bought was 160gsm High Gloss and it wasnt up to much to be honest, so looking for something that is that little bit special.

I have a small samsung SPP2040 printer and the quality there is outstanding but this is just a photo printer so they are small format prints, so ideally looking for something of this quality but just a bit bigger so I can produce some nice albums for the family.
 
I have epson RX685 and use epson premium glossy photo paper (using cheap ebay ink compatibles). I like the output I get better than boots or tesco.
Since you already have the printer, why not try it. Nothing beats the satisfaction you get from your hard work.
 
Try some of the ilford papers. Smooth gloss and smooth pearl both have a good weight and a nice finish.

If you can get the image to match your screen then you should be quite happy.

btw, good way of checking your screen calibration I found was to join somewhere like truprint/photobox etc when they have a free print offer on and send off for a few 6x4's and see how they come back. If there's a massive difference then you know your calibration is way out. Then all you have to do is find the right combination of settings to get the printer to print what you want.

Qimage is brilliant software for this btw. Wee's all over photoshop. I had massive issues getting my prints to match my calibrated screen using photoshop until I started to use Qimage.
 
I have an HP C5180 Photosmart A4 printer. Its also a scanner/copier and has memory card slots.
It has a dedicated 6" x 4" tray as well as A4, 6 ink tanks and the prints from it are very very good.
My Dad has just bought one too, but they take a bit of finding as I dont think they are made anymore.
The other best thing about them is that they are happy to use compatible inks and output is still impressive. A lot of printers dont like compatibles and replacement oem ink can be very pricey.
But, a set of 6, double capacity inks from www.internet-ink.co.uk for the C5180 are about £25 delivered, with 10% off any more orders. Check the ink prices for your Canon.
My Dads a retired Pro Tog and is very fussy about everything. He is very impressed with this printer and the compatible inks. I can heartily recommend both.
Allan
 
I am going to get a ream tomorrow and put the printer through its paces and see how it will compare to using an internet service or asda etc.

Will try something like 8x10 and see just what the quality is like...

Thanks for all the info guys
 
The quality is great... its just costly thats all. :thumbs:
 
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